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eddie

12-05-14 04:53 PM

Orion first test flight was perfect!

"KENNEDY SPACE CENTER -- Atop the most powerful rocket available, NASA's next generation space capsule Orion blasted off Friday morning against the backdrop of a rising sun at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and later landed with a "bull's-eye splashdown" in the Pacific Ocean."

Nice to see that it went better then expected. Re-entry speed was around 20,000 MPH and Orion got through that just fine!

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techno...era/ar-BBgo9wG

Otto Harkaman

12-05-14 05:01 PM

Thank goodness! :sunny:

Catfish

12-05-14 05:20 PM

Congratulations! Good to see the US is at it again :up:

Oberon

12-05-14 05:26 PM

Excellent!

I saw the launch at about T+1 since the video links were being a bit unreliable which was annoying, but watching the Earth get smaller and and the curvature more noticable.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4GV_JpCUAA9gKk.jpg

Then the stages breaking away. Beautiful.

Good to hear that the re-entry was as successful as the launch. :yeah:

Dread Knot

12-05-14 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfish (Post 2266491)

Congratulations! Good to see the US is at it again :up:

Yup. Between race riots, cheap gas and a spacecraft that looks like a glorified Apollo module it's kinda like a trip back to the 1960s here. :doh:

Oberon

12-05-14 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Dread Knot (Post 2266496)

Yup. Between race riots, cheap gas and a spacecraft that looks like a glorified Apollo module it's kinda like a trip back to the 1960s here. :doh:

Don't forget the Cold war with the Russians and the drugs in Colorado. :03:

Lionclaw

12-05-14 05:45 PM

Stream died at T-10 seconds. :-?

Did get to watch the reentry and splashdown though. :)

Dread Knot

12-05-14 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 2266497)

Don't forget the Cold war with the Russians and the drugs in Colorado. :03:

The impending return of Ernst Stravo Blofeld in Bond films makes more sense now.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...a/Blofelds.jpg

Oberon

12-05-14 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Dread Knot (Post 2266510)

The impending return of Ernst Stravo Blofeld in Bond films makes more sense now.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...a/Blofelds.jpg

There's only one Blofeld for me, and that's Donald. :yeah:

Herr-Berbunch

12-05-14 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 2266517)

There's only one Blofeld for me, and that's Donald. :yeah:

I second that, but then I always wonder about his rapidly failing eyesight, and will he get away at the station or not! :hmmm:

razark

12-05-14 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Dread Knot (Post 2266496)

...it's kinda like a trip back to the 1960s here.

Apollo spacecraft first flight: 1966
Apollo flight around moon: 1968
Two lunar landings: 1969

Orion first flight: 2014
Orion first manned flight: Sometime beyond 2020
:hmmm:

mapuc

12-05-14 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by razark (Post 2266522)

Apollo spacecraft first flight: 1966
Apollo flight around moon: 1968
Two lunar landings: 1969

Orion first flight: 2014
Orion first manned flight: Sometime beyond 2020
:hmmm:

That's easy

the 60's was due to race between USA and Russia
And JFK famous speak about putting a man on the moon before the end of the decade

Now there's no race and a trip to Mars is far more.... than a trip to the moon is.

They have to establish some kind of base on Mars before the astronaut arrive a.s.o

That what I think.

Markus

Oberon

12-05-14 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc (Post 2266529)

Or just drop all the equipment to build a base and the machinery to do it with, most of it can and will be automated anyway.
Besides, the first visit to Mars will be just like the first one to the Moon, one small step, one giant flag and then back home to Earth with some Mars rock and a lifetime of fame ahead of them.
After that will come the colonies...and boy, is that going to be an exciting and interesting time for humanity. :yep: Both scientifically and morally, lots of questions to be answered in the future, about our place in the solar system, about the control of Mars and the resources upon it, about artificial intelligence and the future of mankind.

If you get a chance, read Kim Stanley Robinsons 'Mars' trilogy...and perhaps, watch this video:
http://vimeo.com/108650530

mapuc

12-05-14 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 2266536)

I seem to recall that these astronaut can't return at once, if I'm not remembering wrong they have to stay on Mars for some month or so

Markus

razark

12-05-14 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc (Post 2266540)

I seem to recall that these astronaut can't return at once, if I'm not remembering wrong they have to stay on Mars for some month or so

They can return at once, but it's not efficient. Making a short trip means they would be departing for Earth at a poor time, meaning more energy needed to return, and more time spent in transit. The first Mars mission needs to plan to hang out for a while before the return trip. (Or not return. One of the proposed models is Mars To Stay, where the first travelers go on long term colonization missions, and we just keep sending them supplies and more colonists.)

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